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THE REASON WHY 



DM, FERRY & CO. possess, to a greater degree than has ever before been possible to any seedsman, 

 . the three elements which are necessary to the production of uniformly good seeds. First, long 

 experience in doing a great volume of business; second, adequate equipment; third, sufficient 

 capital. We are compelled to have a large organization. The result is minute subdivision of labor so 

 that every man can be and is an expert in his own field. This Specialization is furthered by leaving out 

 of our scope the entire range of field seeds, potatoes, insecticides, etc., and confining ourselves solely to 

 flower and vegetable seeds. These it is our business to know and we bring to the study every help that 

 science can suggest. 



Our stock seed farm is run at an enormous cost because only a fraction of the plants grown are 

 depended upon for breeding. It is to our financial advantage to select only the best but many seed firms 

 are prevented from so doing by lack of sufficient means. It costs money to wait for results. 



It costs, too, to keep in touch with the seed industry of the entire world. Europe we visit every 

 year. In America our corps of inspectors is kept busy observing and directing growing crops from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific, At our home gardens another force is busy "proving all things". In the past 

 year we have made 35,422 soil tests for vitality and 4,159 quality trials, using for the latter 20 acres of 

 garden soil, a record impossible to any other firm however earnest its desire to do good work. 



These are fundamentally the reasons why our seeds are "standard". We have the knowledge, 

 the equipment and the capital necessary to rnake them the world's best. 



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 



We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return 

 charges is quite an unnecessary item of expense and the 

 prices being given, we can conceive of no necessity to war- 

 rant goods being so sent. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at 

 OUR RISK by any of the following methods, viz. : Postal 

 Money Order, Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express 

 Company's Money Order. 



The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express 

 Money Orders are now so low that these are the best ways 

 to remit. We will bear the expense of sending money in 

 either of these ways. Deduct the cost of the order from 

 amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all, 

 offices of the principal Express Companies. They are cheap 

 and absolutely safe. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters contain- 

 ing money should always be registered. Money in ordinary 

 letters is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges 

 should be prepaid, and ti local checks are used, they must 

 be certified. 



FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 

 Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered 

 at list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 



Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 

 pounds or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, 

 may deduct 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue 

 on all seeds quoted by the pound or less. 



PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 

 oi'dered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten ce-nts 

 per pint, must be added for postage or express charges 

 and they will then be sent free. 



ONE=FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 

 POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or 

 Hundred Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or 

 express office in Detroit, Mich., the freight or express 

 charges to be paid by the pai'ty ordering. 



J^° Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be 

 sent by freight or express to such great distances that the 

 cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of 

 the goods, we must decline to ship unless purchasers remit 

 us, in addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to pre- 

 pay transportation charges. When this requirement is not 

 complied with, we reserve the right of declining the order 

 and returning money to the person ordering. 



SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over 

 sold at BUSHEL rates; four quarts and over up to one- 

 quarter bushel sold at four-quart rates; less than four 

 quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 



SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pounh and over 

 at pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at 

 ounce, two-ounce or quarter-pound rates; 25 lbs. and 

 over at 100 lb. rates when quoted. 



BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and up- 

 wards, to the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added 

 for a new bag in which to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce- 

 ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select 

 packets to the value of Si. 15 and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send 

 $2.00: for $3.60 send $3.00: for $4.85 send $4.00; for $6.15 send 

 $5.00; for $12.50 send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds 

 will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to 

 seeds in packets only and at catalogue prices and not 

 to seeds by tveight or measure. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



We freqviently receive letters containing money and orders, 

 which we cannot fill because the sender has failed to sign ■ 

 his name or the p. O. address is omitted and the post mark 

 being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how 

 much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope 

 whenever you can, filling out the blank and signing your 

 name and you will have no cause to censure us. 



GUARANTEE. Complaints made that seeds are not good, 

 should quite as often be attributed to other causes as to the 

 quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies 

 continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving 

 satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet 

 or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the 

 plants as soon as or before they appear; wet weather, cold 

 weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by 

 temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable 

 to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. 



We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 

 purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds we 

 send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the 

 crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 

 terms they are at once to be returned. 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1909. 



